The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-15
SIEGE OF CoNNoR's CASTLE.
Mr.. Conner Finally Gets to His Wife
\ by Means of Tight-Rope.
From the NetD York World.

MI Connor FINALLY Gets to His WIFE
u by Means of a Tight-Rope.
From the Ne,o York World.
Boston, Sept. ll.-Mrs. Conner and her
five children, who have been besieged in
their Mount Vernon street home by the five
evictors who are watching night and day to
put them out, scored point to-day by get
ting her husband into the house 1t is two
weeks to-day since the conStables surrounded
the house and Mrs. Conner locked the doors
on them. In all that time neither she nor
the children have stirred out of their rooms,
and Mr.. Common, who was unfortunately
out when the evictors arrived, had not got
nearer TO his family than the sidewalk
Mr. Conner had been cudgelling his brains
to think up some way to get to his family
and yet avoid the watchfd conStableS. He
Went into the back room of the family next
door and frightened up the clotheSline that
runs out to post III the yard. Mrs. Common
reached out of her back window and did the
same with her clothesline. The faithful
husband then borrowed an ironing board
and laid it upon the two clotheslines and
cautiously crawled on his belly to the win
dow of his own room, where his delighted
wife threw her arms about him and pulled
him into the house. The children danced
up and down in delight, and the constable
i'll the hall pounded on the door to try and
allay their happiness. While Mr.. Common
was at the front window smiling at the dis
concerted eviotors and holding converse
with his neighbors gathered about, a fire
man from Engine 10 passed along and sug-
geSted that ladder would be a good means
of exit and entrance. Being friend of the
imprisoned man, he said that if Common
would come along to the engine house he
thought he could scare up a ladder that
would fix him up The idea struck Conner
as excellent, and he crawled across the iron
ing-board and in half an hour was back to
the house with the ladder. Mrs. Conner
opened the front window aud her husband
was with her once more, and the ladder was
pulled up after him.
which has been turned Off, became exhaust
ed, and the children's faces began to show
the shortage in this direction. 1t suddenly
occurred to Mr.. Conner that he might make
connection with his neighbours water pipe by
means of rubber hose The ladder was
carefully adjusted once more, and after a
visit to the engine house he trudged back
with coil of pipe under his arm. The water
supply is now abundant.
CAUSED BY CHILD's REMARK.
The reason for the trouble which is caus-
ing such crowds on Mount Vernon avenue
and so much inconvenience to the Conner
has lived in his present apartments for
twenty years, and has become greatly at.
tached to the house. He rented the whole
place, lived on the second floor and sub-let
the first floor to family named Lane.
Some time ago Lanes little girls said &c
Connors little girl;
Were going to Ireland this winter.
Why don't you and your family go some
where, toow
NJ, Il hoo,onod +l,ot Toro o,yod tbe
Connors two months rent and showed nc
disposition to pay up, and the Conner girl
knew it. She replied:
IF my family owed two months rent and
only lived in three rooms / think would
rather stay at home"
This unpleasant remark reached Lanes
ears and GOODNESS resulted between the two
families. Lane thought it would be very
pleasant to be landlord himself and hold the
whip over the Connors. He went to the
owner of the house and offered 800 more
for the lease of the house and got it in his
name Armed with this lease Lane returned
and notified Connor to get out Conner
could not bear to leave the old home and he
refused. Lane went to his lawyer and was
told to get some constableS and put the OBJ
jectionable family out. This he did, but the
Conner little girl happened to see the would
be evictors crawling into the house through
the door, The evictors then began council
of war, and the head man said he had been
authorized by the new tenant, Mr.. Lane, to
remove the goods of the Conner family
without delay. He advised unconditional
surrender, promising not to be hard on the
victims. He even promised to let the whole
affair rest until after dinner. This sugges-
ton, however, was ignored by Mrs. Connor.
In fact, she declined all negotiations. Then
IsYa he
house, and good care was taken that if the
attacking party did not get in it should be
equally certain that the besieged did not
get out.
Night came on, and the crowd OF specta-
tors dispersed. The besiegers prepared to
camp on the pavement unless they were
successful Since then it has been a dull
monotony for the plucky Mrs. Conner. She
and her family of five children, which in
cludeS weeks-old baby, have spent most
of the time looking out of the window and
watching the crowd that idled about She
knew that so long as the door was locked
she was safe.
TAKING IN PROVISIONS.
In the last two weeks the staple articles of
diet have been getting low, and early this
morning, before the locked-out husband put
in an appearance, she laid In goodly store
of provision. The oil can was lowered and
filed by a neighbor, who also hung on a
piece of ice to the rope. Then a basket was
let down and steak and mutton-chop put
in it, with beef-bone for soup.
While this load was making its ascent one
of the neighbors' boys amused himself and
occupied the Connor children at the other
window by tossing up carrots, beets, tur-
nips and potatoes. The rope came down
once more and fished up a quart of milk,
and then a pound of butter made a safe
Journey. The basket was tied to the rope
and sugar, -four and package Of tea were
carefully drawn up and slowed away.
The evictors stood around and helped tie
the things on and seemed to enjoy the fun.
They are getting IS day, and the longer
the siege lasts the better it is for them.
When Mr.. Conner finally arrived and made
his appearance in the house over the ironing
board he was surprised at the store that had
been laid in. He decided to remain in the
house and dispense with the rope elevator
and take the things up in future over the
ladder.